Georgia politicians are responding, mostly along party lines, after President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Trump later said the United States will run Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place.”
In an email, Sen. Raphael Warnock expressed concern that the escalation could bring more violence and instability to Venezuela and potentially cause more drug trafficking to the U.S.
“The Trump Administration owes the American people answers justifying this attack and explaining how the United States will ‘run’ Venezuela,” Warnock wrote. “It’s time for an increasingly feckless Congress to finally act and put this reckless President in check.”
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